Guidance

This guideline covers how healthcare services for colorectal cancer should be organised. It aims to improve care for people with colorectal cancer by recommending which healthcare professionals should be involved in care.

Recommendations

This guideline recommends that:

people who may have colorectal cancer should be offered rapid referral for endoscopy

endoscopy should be available for diagnosis

people should receive treatment from a multidisciplinary team

colorectal teams treating people with rectal cancer should have special training

people who need emergency treatment should receive treatment from a colorectal cancer team